Dallas, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,370 ft 420 m1,290 ft 395 m1,250 ft 380 m1,170 ft 355 m1,090 ft 330 m1,040 ft 320 m

Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

Elevation: Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite: A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D: Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Borough area: Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dallas sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,210 ft 370 m

most residents: 1,140–1,270 ft

Lowest

1,050 ft 320 m

on the southeast side

Highest

1,370 ft 420 m

on the south side

Average

1,200 ft 365 m

all land inside borough limits

Dallas spans about 320 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,210 ft370 m
Highest point Inside borough limits, on the south side	1,370 ft420 m
Lowest point Inside borough limits, on the southeast side	1,050 ft320 m
Town center USGS map point for Dallas	1,130 ft345 m
Airport (AVP) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi east of the borough limits	962 ft293 m
Average of all land	1,200 ft365 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 2,711 2024 est.
Land area: 2.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density: 1,178 per sq mi
Coordinates: 41.3362° N, 75.9633° W
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Valley and Ridge
Drains to: Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) 962 ft
ZIP codes 1: 18612

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Harveys Lake1,390 ft
Franklin Township, Luzerne County1,280 ft
Lehman Township, Luzerne County1,260 ft
Dallas Township1,250 ft
Misericordia University1,240 ft
Dallas1,210 ft
Kingston Township1,170 ft
Chase1,150 ft
Jackson Township, Luzerne County1,130 ft
Shavertown1,120 ft
Trucksville1,120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Pennsylvania1,050th highest of 3,545
Towns in Luzerne County30th highest of 102

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

North Knob2,692 ft
Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
Miller Mountain2,200 ft
Larksville Mountain1,590 ft
Friendship Hill, Luzerne County1,300 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census borough limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,040 ft at 41.3296° N, 75.9490° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.